Engineering Manager Custom Castings

Custom Castingsis a member of theNordsternGroup of Companies which also includes Protek Surface Technologies Forte Tooling Technologies and Sure Cast Aluminum Foundry. We are an integrated single-source solutions provider delivering consistent high-quality aluminum permanent mold castings to our customers.

We are currently seeking an experiencedEngineering Managerto lead our Design Engineering team and coordinate engineering resources across theNordsternGroup of Companies.

Why Join Custom Castings
What makes us a Great Place to Work Our people and our culture matter! We are committed to fostering a diverse inclusive and respectful workplace where values are also offer a strong total rewards package including:

• $2000 hiring bonus

• Competitive Salary

• 4-day workweek for weekday shifts and 3-day workweek for weekend shifts

• Off-shift premiums

• Paid lunch and coffee breaks

• Absent Time Paid hours

• Full benefits package including RRSP matching

• Comprehensive training program

• Opportunities for career advancement

• Work boots and Safety Glasses reimbursement

• Continuous Improvement culture with employee rewards

• Active Social Committee

Key Responsibilities:

Engineering Team Coordination

• Actively manage and lead the Design Engineering team with clear expectations accountability and technical support.

• Control the intake and prioritization of engineering requests across the Group based on customer needs business impact urgency and available capacity.

• Balance workload across the shared engineering resource pool and resolve competing priorities while serving as the primary escalation point for day-to-day Design Engineering matters.

New Product Development & Customer Coordination

• Act as the primary engineering contact for external customers during new product development frominitialdesign review through production launch.

• Maintain clear communication with customers on project status technical issues risks and required decisions.

Tooling Design Systems & Standards

• Develop andmaintaintooling design standards review processes and engineering best practices.

• Incorporate lessons learned from tooling trials and production performance into future designs.

• Drive improvement toward first-shot success with fewer tooling revisions and launch delays.

Manufacturing & Technical Support

• Lead or support structured problem-solving where engineering input isrequired.

• Support quotation FAI PPAP and other technical activities requiring engineering input.

Cross-Functional & Business Support

• Work closely with Operations Quality Tooling Maintenance Sales and senior leadership across the Group.

• Identifytechnical risks resource constraints and priority conflicts early and ensureappropriate actionis taken.

• Provide visibility on engineering workload priorities project status and significant risks.
  

What You Bring:

• Post-secondary education in Mechanical Engineering Manufacturing Engineering Industrial Engineering Engineering Technology or a related discipline.

• 7 years of engineering experience in a manufacturing environment includingdemonstratedexperience leading projects coordinating technical work and/or mentoring engineering staff.

• Previousexperience leading supervising or mentoring engineering professionals is strongly preferred.

• Demonstrated experience in mechanical design tooling manufacturing processes new product development and customer-facing technical projects.

• Foundry aluminum casting machining tooling or related manufacturing experience would be considered an asset.

• Strong people leadership coaching and team development skills.

• Strong project management prioritization and organizational capability.

• Strong customer communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

• Strong mechanical design and manufacturing knowledge.

• Familiar with 3D CAD modelling and engineering drawing generation.

• Practical hands-on problem-solving capability.

• Ability to balance customer requirements technical needs manufacturability cost and timing.

• Exposure to casting simulation or solidification software is considered an asset.
  

Work Environment:

• Combination of office and manufacturing-floor work.

• Regular interaction with foundry tooling machining finishing assembly maintenance and other manufacturing environments across the Group.

• Exposure to industrial machinery elevated temperatures and molten-metal processes.